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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Volume 741, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/741/1/L18
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planetary systems; stars: activity; stars: coronae; stars: individual (HD189733); X-rays: stars
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- XMM [NNX09AP46G]
- NASA [NAS8-03060, NAS8-39073]
- NASA LWSTRT [NNG05GM44G]
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We report on the follow-up XMM-Newton observation of the planet-hosting star HD 189733 we obtained in 2011 April. We observe a flare just after the secondary transit of the hot Jupiter. This event shares the same phase and many of the characteristics of the flare we observed in 2009. We suggest that a systematic interaction between planet and stellar magnetic fields when the planet passes close to active regions on the star can lead to periodic variability phased with planetary motion. By means of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on board XMM-Newton, we determine that the corona of this star is unusually dense.
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